Re: PolyORB, GCC, and Debian (was Re: Recompiling?)

[Jerome Hugues <hugues@nephilim.enst.fr>]

In article <1125476713.554815.176610@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, Ludovic Brenta wrote:
> (posted on behalf of Vadim Godunko)

Hi Vadim ! ;)

>> This is bad news, but it seems that PolyORB 1.2r can be compiled with
>> GNAT Pro 3.16a1, so perhaps 3.15p may be able to compile it as well,
>> with some patching.
>>
> Current stable version of PolyORB is 1.3a. I think AdaCore release 1.3r
> (publicy available version) in near future.
> 
> This version have many code cleanup and remove many GNAT 3.15p
> workarounds. Thus it require GNAT Pro 5 or GCC 3.4.

3.15p workarounds, and bugs (e.g. in GNAT.Sockets), and new features
as well ..

Note we got some feedback of people playing with PolyORB, DSA and GCC
4.0.1, so things are possible, given enough resources are provided.

>> Note that the reason why I didn't package PolyORB is that it is a
>> generic middleware; I felt that I had to provide either all
>> personalities, or none at all. Providing no personality was easier :)
> I think the more right way is provide only stable personalities, for
> now
> (PolyORB 1.3):
> 
> - application: CORBA MOMA
> - protocol: GIOP SOAP
> - services: Event IR Naming Notification Time

Note that providing a personality means providing a few fields to
configure, and packaging the library that are built, there are no
others black magic behind. The process might be similar to other
packages. The libraries are loosely coupled, and the dependences easy
to track after some analysis.

You can join polyorb-users@ to discuss these issues if you're
interessted.

> The DSA personality still unstable up to 1.4. More whan, it require
> synchronization between it support inside GNAT compiler, GLADE's
> gnatdist and PolyORB. :( This is too complex task for provide it
> outside of AdaCore products. :(

As always, unless some people volunteer to help of the FSF front ;)

-- 
Jerome